Hi Cameron @cameron

Thanks for your question.

Higher self can mean lots of different things such as inner being, inner self, inner consciousness, holy spirit, egoless self etc. Religions, spirituality and metaphysics all provide their own definitions and you can google those different meanings. I will share what it means to me.

I believe that everyone can operate from 2 different selfs – higher and lower. Lower self keeps us grounded in doubt, fear, guilt, non-acceptance and everything, which is finite or limiting. Higher self makes us believe that we are infinite, awesome, beautiful, powerful, pure, loving, accepting, compassionate, understanding, helpful, harmonious, balanced etc. For example, when we are faced with a circumstance where we have to lend a hand to someone who is grieving, we work from our higher self. We are filled with compassion, love and empathy. Similarly, when we feel that someone has betrayed us or has been disloyal to us, we often use our lower self to deal with that situation. We get filled with resentment, doubt and disharmony. If we used our higher self to deal with even negative situations in our lives, we will not loose our harmony or mental peace. Our higher self knows and believes that we are perfect as we are and so is the next person and everyone else in this world. Our higher self makes us realise that we are all connected and longing for the same things – love, acceptance and forgiveness. When we act from our higher self, we feel good and light. Have you ever wondered that when you are really down or sad, who comforts you and brings you out of your sadness at some point – your higher self. If it didnt, we would all have committed suicide by now and this world would be a lonely place. Have you wondered what that voice is that keeps asking – why cant people just let me be me and love me for who I am ? Why do I have to pretend to be someone else ? Thats your higher self. People who learn to use their higher self have better time in this world than those who use their lower self.

I could go on and on ….does this answer your question ?

Jasmine